A Poem by Adefeyintola Adesegun

What Do You See

 We grew more than our age
 And it happened so fast,
 Within a blink of an eye
 A quick second.
 Before we had toys and video games
 Now it had become shrapnels,
 Of the grenades that sounds
 Like a firework,
 Only it wasn't of joy
 It held our voices of pain
 And grief till death.
 We once had roofs over our heads
 Where mama and papa blessed
 And sanctified us with their sweats
 It was in the foods and the smile
 On their beautiful faces.
 That was a dream long lost
 Only in imagination,
 For we are down under rubies
 Broken bones and a sea of blood
 Mama is covered with scars
 That I only saw in horror movies
 And papa!! My sweet papa
 Was literally only a figure head
 His body in pieces like meat
 At the butcher house.
 They said it will be okay
 We will keep you safe
 But they are living in memories
 Inside my heart,
 I am shaving my head with a stick
 For tomorrow! I will raise my flag
 And close my eyes
 ©️ 2021 Adefeyintola Adesegun

Bio:

Adefeyintola Adesegun is a Philosophy student of University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. She is a poet and the author of a collection of poems.